Thousand years before Christ's coming, Balkis, only daughter of the King of Saba, cover the crown of kingdom after the death of his father. Here is her love story.

I am black, yet I am beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem,
as the tents of Kedar,

as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not at my dark skin:
The sun burnt me.

In the Horn of Africa, the Kingdom of Sheba is not yet called Ethiopia. Her princess has so much wealth and lavish manners.

The young queen is fascinated by the power and magic of the great king of the northern lands, Solomon. But it is especially curious to experience its legendary wisdom.

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
this is my beloved among young men.
I sat down under his shadow,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He made me enter the house wine;
and his banner over me is love.

So she decides to visit him in Jerusalem to submit some puzzles. The trip takes place "in a great pomp, with camels carrying spices, lots of gold and precious stones" (source)1 Kings 10,1-13

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh,
resting between my breasts.

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna
the vineyards of En Gedi.

Balkis offers the king the most difficult puzzles. Solomon solved with a promptness and intelligence that seduced the Queen of Sheba.

Support me with cakes of raisins,
Strengthen me with apples;
for I am faint with love.

Solomon fell in love with her at that moment and asked her to become his wife. Balkis refuses because Solomon has already many.

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
and girls without number.
One is my dove, my undefiled;
The daughters saw her and call her blessed;
queens and concubines also, and they praised her.

Who is this that appears like the dawn,
fair as the moon, clear as the sun,
but terrible as an army with banners?

The king then composed a sensual and magical poem, perhaps the most beautiful declarations of love. This diamond of the Bible is the Song of Songs, which are taken from the quotations in this article.

I am the rose of Sharon,
the lily in the valley.

As a lily among thorns,
Such is my love among the daughters.

Solomon challenged her not to absorb anything while she is in the palace. If she betrays this promise, then he could ask a favor. Balkis promises.

How beautiful are thy feet in your shoes, O prince's daughter!
The contours of thy thighs are like jewels,
work of the hands of an artist.

But one evening she was very thirsty ... But one evening she was returning from a banquet where spicy food made her very thirsty, she quenched her thirst in a stream of clear water turned express purpose of a nearby hill to the fountains of the royal palace. She did not know that Solomon was watching on the sly.

How beautiful you are, my friend, you're beautiful!

Your eyes are doves.
You are beautiful, my beloved, you are lovable!

The green is our couch.

Solomon unmasks and requests access to his vow, which is to share his bed. It seems that Balkis was delighted to have lost, because she stayed with him for six months before returning to the affairs of Sheba, her kingdom.

How beautiful you are, you're nice
O my love, in the midst of delights!
Your waist is similar to palms,
and your breasts to clusters.

I say: I will ascend above the palm tree
I will seize the fruit!

Upon departure, Solomon gave the queen a ring engraved with the Lion of Judah. "Take it in order not to forget me and if I ever have offspring of your womb this lion will be the sign. If it is a boy let him come to me," he said.

Where did your beloved,
O thou fairest among women?

Which side your beloved has it led?

Back in her kingdom, the queen gave birth to a son she called Bain Lehkem or Menelik.

When he was 22, Menelik told his mother Balkis: "I will go to Jerusalem, I will see the face of my father and I will return here by the will of the God of Israel."

Return, return, Shulamite! Return, return, so we watch you.

Why do you look at the Shulamite like a dance of two choirs?

Once in Jerusalem, Menelik became known by his father Solomon who introduced him to his treasures: the flying gearGo to page with whom he traveled in Asia and Africa, the lightning rodlike that of Gilgamesh of his temple to Thunderlike that of Elagabal and the fabulous Ark of the Covenant,Go to page gift of Yahweh to Moses, which has the power to transform man into god.Go to page

Legend has it that Menelik had stolen the Ark of the Covenant to bring it back to the Kingdom of Sheba. He has not stolen the Ark. Rather, it appears that Solomon, to remove the Ark to evil desires, preferred to entrust the precious machine to his heir, far from Jerusalem. Otherwise, why Solomon's precious Levite would they accompanied the thief and sacrilege?

King Solomon made a chariot of wood from Lebanon.
He made the pillars of silver,

the case of gold, the seat of purple;
the middle is an embroidery,

labor of love for daughters of Jerusalem

Go forth, daughters of Zion, look at King Solomon
with the crown wherewith his mother crowned
the day of her engagement, the day of the gladness of his heart.

This is not the first time the Ark of the Covenant is stolen. The time before Moses has stolen it from the treasure of Egypt.Go to page Pharaoh and did everything to get it back. This time, why the mighty Solomon would he not pursued the thief? Menelik returned home quietly, with the Levites.

You are beautiful, my love,

as Tirzah,
pleasant as Jerusalem,
but terrible

as an army with banners.

Your eyes away from me because they trouble me.

Your hair is like a herd of goats,
hanging from the sides of Gilead.

And it looks like the Ark of the Covenant has blessed the son of Solomon. Became the first king of Ethiopia, Menelik founded the Solomonic dynasty - the famous dynasty of the Lion of Judah - who would rule without interruption for three millennia. It did not end until 1975, death of the last Negus, Haile Selassie.

This is when starts to grow the Rastafari movement, becoming the main religion in Jamaica. The Lion of Judah becomes the symbol of the pride of black people. Should we conclude that it is thanks to the Ark of the Covenant that Bob Marley has become god?

Mandrakes spread their fragrance,
and we have at our doorstep all the best fruits,
new and old:
My beloved, I have laid up for you.

Why not? The Ark of the Covenant, in this case, covers the alliance of the two races, white and black. And that's part of the success of Bob Marley, mixed, like Obama.

The past always catches up present. And legend says that the Falasha are the descendants of the Levite priests who accompanied Menelik during transportation of the ark. Who are the Levites? As we have seen, they were the only specialists able to manipulate the electrical machine.Go to page

Your breast is like a round goblet,
Where the spiced wine is not lacking;
your body is a heap of wheat,
surrounded by lilies.

Why those experts of the ark would they come with Menelik? This detail seems to prove that the removal of the Ark really happened. There is a reasonable chance that the Ark is still in Ethiopia. Under the protection of the Lion of Judah.

Your two breasts are like two fawns,
like the twins of a gazelle.

The contacts between Ethiopia and the land of Israel raised their then current prophecy related to the coming of Jesus Christ.Go to page

Thus, the Epistle of the Mass of the Epiphany refers to "those of Sheba that will provide gold and incense and singing the praises of the Lord" (source)Isaiah 60,1-6 "The wind blows where it wants", says the Gospel. (source)John 3,8 The Spirit blew on King Medelik,As it blew on Elagabal son of Solomon.

Come, my beloved, go out in the fields,
remain in the villages!
In the morning we will go to the vineyards,
we'll see if the vine grows, if the flower opens,
if the pomegranates flourish.
Here I will give you my love.

Among the Magi who came to worship the birth of Jesus, who were Kings according to the tradition, the monarch with the ebony skin is clearly a high-ranking Ethiopian. One more sign that the destinies of Israel and Ethiopia, forever, are closely related.

Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm;

for love is strong as death,
jealousy is cruel as the grave;
its flashes are flashes of fire,
flame of the Lord.

"The word love is hard to conjugate:
his past is not simple,
his present is only indicative,
and its future is always conditional."

Jean Cocteau